The book is still one of the top sellers and has been made into two movies so far. The difference both large and small between chapter eight of The Great Gatsby and its 1974 and 2013 film adaptions prove that once again‚ Hollywood can sure make a heart racing film from just a few hundred pages. The film adoptions of the Great Gatsby‚ talks about the love within Gatsby and Daisy more than any other part of the story. Jay Gatsby was a wealthy‚ charming young man who knew what he wanted in life. He wanted
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Literature 3 - 25 - 04 Everyday UseOvich Alice Walker wrote a short story called "Everyday Use‚" based on her life as an African in early America. The story was made into a short film that followed the theme (African-American culture) of the story by keeping the plot‚ settings‚ conflict/climax‚ and characters the same. However‚ the story and short film differ in dialogue and point of view. "Everyday Use‚" short film was more story oriented as it showed what Mama only described in the text: "Maggie
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picture and he switches back‚ finally showing Dorian’s age. Through out the movie The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ filmed in 1945 by Albert Lewin‚ we the audience sees vast amounts of similarities compared to the book written in 1890 by Oscar Wilde. Clearly‚ the story relates through the plot and gives an accurate representation of what the book would portray‚ but what stands out the most is the miniscule amount of differences the director decided to change. To start‚ in Wilde’s version‚ Sybil Vane is
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Joe Fuchs 9-25-08 Short Literature Mr. Brannigan The setting of the short story‚ Thank You‚ M’am by Langston Hughes‚ takes places during the early 1900s. There is a large woman named Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones and a young boy named Roger. Both characters are the protagonists. The one main character‚ Roger‚ can be viewed as both a dynamic character and a stereotype. The story starts off with Roger trying to steal Mrs. Jones’ pocketbook‚ but he is caught and then gets
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Robert Orsi’s book‚ Thank You‚ St. Jude: Women’s Devotion to the Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes‚ chronicles Jude’s Thaddeus’s story and the specific appeal of this Saint of Hopeless Causes to the Catholic women in America. Furthermore‚ the book illustrates the major religious events that happened in the mid-twentieth century. St. Jude‚ who was a virtually unrecognized figure before 1929‚ captured the earnest and faithful consecration of millions of women in various ways. Therefore‚ the reading raises
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thank you speech I’m am very happy to stand up here in my synagogue as I become Bat Mitzvah knowing that my family has been a part of tbs for many many years. There have been many celebrations on this Bima including my parents wedding and my Dad’s Bar Mitzvah. And‚ now it’s my turn! Through all the help of my Hebrew School teachers I have not only learned the skills to prepare me for my Bat Mitzvah day but have learned the important mitzvot or commandments of being Jewish. One of those mitzvot is
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staircases. “Yes‚ mother I am wide awake‚” I yelled at the top of his lungs. First things first‚ I said my early morning prayers in hope for brighter and efficacious day. “Oh Eternal Lord‚ send down your magnificent glory and protect my footsteps as this bountiful
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this is my husband and Danny‘s dad‚ Mr. M‚ would you like some snacks or some drinks maybe?” “No thanks mom‚ I think we’re fine‚ we’ll be upstairs in my room.” “Okay‚ have fun!” “Thanks.” The three guys said together. The four guys walk upstairs to Danny’s room. The door creaks open to a mid-sized room with blue walls and a full-sized bed decorated like a normal teens bed. The window across from the door is wide and was open. You can look straight out the window across the close
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The Great Gatsby: Differences in the Film and Novel There are a few differences between The Great Gatsby novel and film. The scenes that are different do not necessarily change the overall plot of the film‚ but they do modify the meaning and tone of that specific act. However‚ even with the differences the film stays true to the novel for the most part. Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby stays fairly faithful to the novel‚ but there a few scenes in the movie that have been changed from the book. The
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SI can remember that day when I was ten years old. I was going to the primary school with my friends by bus as every day in the morning. On that day‚ I leaved home at six a.m. and got to the bus. After that‚ I saw a strange man was following us in his car. He was about 40 years old with dirty clothes. Before we arrived to school he had shouted‚ "stop stop stop the bus" to the driver and he tried to stop our bus. So he hit the front of the bus by his car. After five minutes the bus stopped totally
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